Sony's smart speaker gives Google Assistant a more capable home

Google announced a slew of new devices running its Assistant software here at IFA 2017, and one of the most interesting additions is Sony. The electronics maker today showed off its new smart speaker, which has the unfortunately clunky name of LF-S50G. The speaker resembles Apple's upcoming HomePods, but runs Google's Assistant with some Sony enhancements. So basically it's the love child speaker of tech's Romeo and Juliet, except raised by Sony. I checked out a demo of the smart speaker at Sony's press conference here at IFA, and found it about as responsive as my Google Home.